About ME

Maryann Bucknum Brinley

I am an experienced writer keenly interested in the power of women of all ages, parenting, grandparenting and science. I've written and published nine non-fiction books and my first work of fiction, Annie's Redemption, was published in August 2024. I was a senior editor at Ladies' Home Journal, Good Housekeeping, Family Health, McCall's and Woman's Day magazines. For decades, I wrote articles and managed projects for Rutgers University's New JerseyMedical School, The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital and Lehigh University, working closely with Mike Lanctot, a gifted graphic designer at Always Advancing.

I am currently working as a free-lance writer and for our family business, Shipwreck Rum, a labor of love you can find more about at www.shipwreckrum.com. Our company started simply but with a passion. In 2002, our Brinley family -- Zach, Bob, Maggie and myself -- signed the incorporation papers for the Brinley Shipwreck Rum Company on the back porch of our Montclair, New Jersey, home. Established on the lush, green island of St. Kitts, one of my favorite places in the world, Shipwreck Rum is sold internationally now but still hand-crafted in the factory on the deep-water port. Like my heroine Annie, you'll find me recommending this spectacular destination, the setting for Annie's Redemption, all the time, as well as our award-winning, all-natural Shipwreck Rum.


167 Cooper Avenue
Upper Montclair, NJ 07043-1810

mabrinley@verizon.net

973-202-5909 (mobile)
973-746-1608
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Books I've Published

  • Through the Motherhood Maze (Doubleday 1981)
  • Maternity Style (St. Martin's Press 1985)
  • Jackie Cochran (Bantam Books 1987)
  • Medical Book of Remedies for People Over 50 (Publications International 1996)
  • Are We Having Fun Yet? The 16 Secrets of Happy Parenting (Warner 1997)
  • The Everything Pregnancy Book (Adams Media 1999)
  • Fat Chat with Tamara (Contemporary Books 2000)
  • Oh Boy, Mothers Tell the Truth About Raising Teen Sons (Warner 2002)
  • Annie's Redemption, A St. Kitts Adventure (Brinley & Company 2024)